English Explanatory Dictionary

transinfection

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The infection of one host with a bacterium or virus taken from another, often using microinjection, in order to study the different roles of host and infected species

Word forms

transinfection transinfections

Etymology

From trans- + infection.

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